Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 169
"The defense of Linhe is empty?!" King Lou Fan looked at the Qin envoy in front of him in disbelief.

"Yes." The envoy of the Qin people nodded and said solemnly, "Xiutu's army is approaching Gao Que, and General Meng Zuo has brought the main force of the Qin army to rescue Gao Que."

"You said just now that there are still people acting as internal agents?" King Lou Fan couldn't believe it.

"That's right." Qin's envoy nodded and said without hesitation, "As soon as the king's army arrives, someone will open the north gate immediately to welcome the Loufan army into the city!"

"Who are you?" Lou Fan Wang said in a deep voice.

The envoy of Qin raised his head and said in an unquestionable tone: "Old Qin."

"It's ridiculous." King Lou Fan sneered, "Will the old Qin people help Lou Fan to kill the old Qin people?"

"You don't need to worry about this." The Qin envoy said coldly, "I just ask you, do you want the food in Linhe City, the cattle and sheep in Linhe City, and the Qin army's luggage in Linhe City?"

"Qin army's supplies?" King Loufan asked awe-inspiringly, "What kind of supplies are there in Linhe City?"

The envoy of the Qin people said: "As long as you can think of it, there is it, and if you can't think of it, there is it!"

King Lou Fan let out a muffled snort, and said murderously, "Why should I trust you as a spy?"

"Spies?" The envoy of the Qin people said sarcastically, "King Loufan, believe it or not, it's up to you, anyway, this is the only opportunity, if you miss it, you will miss it, and I'm afraid there will be no such good opportunities in the future." After this pause, the envoy of the Qin people said again, "Also, you have never seen any old Qin people today, nor have you heard any news..."

As he spoke, the voice of the envoy from Qin suddenly dropped, and a trace of black blood dripped from the corner of his mouth.

The next moment, the Qin envoy's slender body swayed, and then he fell straight backwards. King Lou Fan rushed forward and stretched out his hand to check the Qin envoy's breath, and suddenly said in a voiceless voice: "Dead?!"

The uncle said with a sigh, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, rise up!"

"What?!" King Lou Fan said in amazement, "Military Master, do you believe what he said?"

"Why don't you believe it?" the uncle said, "The news that Xiutu's army is approaching Gaoque has been confirmed. It can be seen that what this person said is basically true. At least, this cannot be a trap!"

"Why can't this be a trap?" King Lou Fan hesitated.

The uncle asked back: "If this is a trap, what is the purpose of the old Qin people?"

"That's needless to say?" Lou Fan said kingly, "Of course they want to lure us into Linhe City and catch us all!"

The uncle shook his head and said, "If this is the case, then the old Qin people paid too much, right? Even if it was a trap, even if we were caught, the old Qin people would have lost all of us." Women and children, they have no more hope, Your Majesty thinks that the old Qin people will die together with our annoying people?"

"Uh, this..." Lou Fan Wang said, "Probably not."

"That's it." The uncle said, "So, this is definitely not a trap."

After this pause, the uncle said again: "If I am not mistaken, this matter should be related to the Central Plains army that fled to Jiuyuan. However, what is the specific reason that made this small number of old Qin people turn their backs? The clansman, and even resolutely abandoned the old, young, women and children in Linhe City, they will not be able to guess in the next moment."

"People from the Central Plains?" Lou Fanwang said awe-inspiringly, "Military Master, shouldn't we proceed with caution?"

Don't look at King Lou Fan who shouted that he wanted to kill all the Central Plains people, but he was still quite afraid of the Central Plains people in his heart.

"No matter what, this is an opportunity." The uncle said, "Your Majesty, don't miss this opportunity, and it will never come again!"

King Loufan gritted his teeth, finally made up his mind, and immediately roared fiercely: "Forget it, since the military adviser thinks this is an opportunity, then fight!"

After saying this, King Loufan turned his head and yelled outside the tent: "Order, all ministries assemble..."

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Near the North Gate, several sentry soldiers of the Qin Army were keeping watch on the tower.

A hundred paces away, a group of Qin Army patrolmen were patrolling along the city wall with torches in their hands. Everything was silent, only the torches on the slanted battlements were flickering and flickering in the cold night wind. It was an ordinary night, but no one realized that the boundless murderous intent was quietly approaching Linhe City.

All of a sudden, the chief sentry seemed to hear something.

At that moment, the chief sentry went to the battlement, pulled out a torch and threw it outside the city.

The torch tumbled and fell to the ground. With the dim light of the fire, the sentinel was extremely horrified to find that the dark crowd outside the north gate was already full of barbarians!
"Nonsense!"

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

"Damn it, blow the trumpet, blow the trumpet!"

In an instant, the guards on the top of the city were in a commotion.

Immediately, a rush of trumpets sounded from the top of the city.

At the same time as the horn sounded, more than a dozen soldiers of the Qin Army swarmed out of the barracks inside the city gate. However, they did not rush up the tower along the horse path, but rushed towards the corridor of the city gate, moving away surprisingly. In less than a moment, the three door frames supporting the city gate have all been removed.

"Damn, are you crazy? What the hell are they doing?"

"Jesus, these bastards are going to kill everybody!"

"Oh my god, those guys are definitely not from Qin, they are spies!"

However, it was only at this time that something was wrong, and it was already too late. Before a few guards on the top of the city came down to stop it, the heavy city gate had already opened a crack, and the next moment, the barbarians who had been waiting for a long time crowded in. The city gate was opened and flooded into the city like a tide. Linhe City did not have a moat, and everything would be over if the city gate was broken.

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At the head of the Gaoque city, Meng Ji was spying on Xiu Tu's reality from the watchtower.

It has been several days since the Xiutu people approached Gaoque, but they have never made a move, not even a tentative attack. What is especially suspicious is that the Xiutu people did not camp in a concentrated way, but wandered around on the vast grassland outside Gaoque city. Camping is more like coming to herd than to fight, and in this way, it is difficult to judge how many people they have.

Meng Ji was hesitating whether to take the initiative to attack, and when he forced Xiu Turen to gather his troops, there was a sudden commotion behind him.

When Meng Ji looked back anxiously, he saw a general who was disheveled and covered in blood had already hurriedly climbed to the top of the city with the support of two personal soldiers. When he got closer, Meng Ji realized that this general was staying in Linhe Meng Yan, the second-in-command, saw Meng Yan's appearance, Meng Yan was taken aback immediately, and grabbed Meng Yan immediately.

"Meng Yan, why did you become like this? What happened?!"

"General!" Meng Yan said miserably, "Linhe is lost, it's over, it's over!"

"What did you say?" Meng Chu's eyes went dark when he heard the words, and he almost passed out on the spot.

Gathering his mind, Meng Yu dragged Meng Yan into the enemy building again, and asked in a deep voice: "Meng Yan, what's going on?"

Meng Yan said sadly: "Loufan people, Loufan's army has entered the city, they will kill anyone they see, they will kill everyone..."

"Lou Fanren?" Meng Ji said incredulously, "What are you doing to eat, and let Lou Fanren break down the city?"

Meng Yan said dejectedly: "More than a dozen spies from the upper floors sneaked into the city beforehand, and opened the gate of the city in the chaos. By the time the general gathers an army to rescue the north gate, it is already too late."

Meng Ji said sadly: "So, all the old and young women and children in Linhe City are gone?!"

Meng Yan gritted his teeth tightly, almost biting off his lips forcefully.

"So, where is the princess?" Meng Chu suddenly remembered that Princess Yingzhen was also in the city.

"The princess is also missing." Meng Yan shook his head and said sadly, "The last general searched for a long time in the city, but he couldn't find it."

Although Meng Yan didn't say anything, but Meng Ji could hear what he meant, that Princess Yingzhen was probably killed.

"General, Meng Yan is incompetent, let's go first!" Meng Yan yelled, drew his sword and wiped it on his neck. , cut most of the neck open, and the bright red blood spurted out from the open wound like a fountain.

"Meng Yan!" Meng Ji quickly supported Meng Yan, but Meng Yan could no longer speak.

Meng Yan stared at Meng Chu, his limbs twitched violently twice, and then died of breath.

"Good brother." Meng Yan stretched out his hand to gently caress Meng Yan's face, and then Meng Yan closed his wide-open angry eyes. When Meng Ji stood up again, his face was already covered with extremely ferocious murderous intent, even his The pair of pupils also became faintly red due to blood congestion, as if two faint fires were burning.

"Lou Annoying!" Meng Ji slowly drew out the epee, and stretched out his left hand to stroke the blade slowly. The sharp blade cut open his palm, and the bright red blood immediately flowed down the palm of his hand. But he didn't realize it, he just gritted his teeth and said, "I am sworn by the sword alliance, I will not kill all the dogs in the building, and I will not be a human being!"

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In Linhe City, King Loufan, who was counting the loot, suddenly shivered. Just now, he felt a shudder for no reason, and it came from the depths of his soul!

"What the hell." King Lou Fan was a little terrified by the sudden trembling.

The feeling just now was really bad, just like when he was nine years old, his father sent him to Yuezhi as a hostage, but he fled back to Jiuyuan alone. In the desert, he once met a The giant wolf, that giant wolf gave him the same trembling feeling at that time, but in the end, he stoned the giant wolf to death.

"My lord, what's the matter with you?" the uncle said, stepped forward and asked with concern.

"It's nothing." King Lou Fan shook his head, forcibly dispelling the trembling and uneasiness in his heart, and said to his uncle, "Military Master, it's almost time, pack up and leave quickly." King Lou Fan had originally decided to break the city. After three days and three nights of carnival, but the feeling just now made him change his mind, and he decided to leave for Mobei earlier.

(End of this chapter)